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Years	Days
49	119	J Southerton	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1876/77
47	284	Miran Bakhsh	Pakistan v India	Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore	1954/55
46	253	DD Blackie	Australia v England	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1928/29
46	237	H Ironmonger	Australia v England	Exhibition Ground, Brisbane	1928/29
42	242	N Betancourt	West Indies v England	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	1929/30
41	337	ER Wilson	England v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1920/21
41	27	RJD Jamshedji	India v England	Gymkhana Ground, Bombay	1933/34
40	345	CA Wiles	West Indies v England	Old Trafford, Manchester	1933
40	295	O Henry	South Africa v India	Kingsmead, Durban	1992/93
40	216	S Kinneir	England v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1911/12
40	110	HW Lee	England v South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1930/31
40	56	GWA Chubb	South Africa v England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1951
40	39	C Ramaswami	India v England	Old Trafford, Manchester	1936
39	361	G Challenor	West Indies v England	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1928
39	360	A Wood	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1938
39	306	BBM Gaskin	West Indies v England	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1947/48
39	298	WE Astill	England v South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1927/28
39	251	DS de Silva	Sri Lanka v England	P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo	1981/82
39	231	EC Joyce	Ireland v Pakistan	The Village, Malahide, Dublin	2018
39	131	JWH Makepeace	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1920/21
39	105	SJ Cook	South Africa v India	Kingsmead, Durban	1992/93
39	102	Amir Elahi	India v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1947/48
39	37	EH Bowley	England v South Africa	Headingley, Leeds	1929
38	283	EM Grace	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1880
38	282	CWL Parker	England v Australia	Old Trafford, Manchester	1921
38	272	JD Lindsay	South Africa v England	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1947
38	112	R Howorth	England v South Africa	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1947
38	101	HM McGirr	New Zealand v England	Eden Park, Auckland	1929/30
38	59	JH King	England v Australia	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1909
38	35	RG Holland	Australia v West Indies	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	1984/85
37	332	CS Marriott	England v West Indies	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1933
37	329	KK Tarapore	India v West Indies	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1948/49
37	291	TPB Smith	England v India	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1946
37	290	NFD Thomson	Australia v England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1876/77
37	290	EJ Gregory	Australia v England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1876/77
37	259	CR Browne	West Indies v England	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1928
37	258	HHH Johnson	West Indies v England	Sabina Park, Kingston	1947/48
37	229	FSG Calthorpe	England v West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1929/30
37	184	HSB Love	Australia v England	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	1932/33
37	168	RA Sinfield	England v Australia	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1938
37	163	J Harry	Australia v England	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	1894/95
37	154	RK Oxenham	Australia v England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1928/29
37	152	JC Clay	England v South Africa	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1935
37	145	DW Carr	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1909
37	124	SN Banerjee	India v West Indies	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1948/49
37	84	AC Waller	Zimbabwe v England	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	1996/97
37	77	WW Whysall	England v Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	1924/25
37	39	S Nyalchand	India v Pakistan	University Ground, Lucknow	1952/53
37	33	H Smith	England v West Indies	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1928
36	359	BE McGain	Australia v South Africa	Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town	2008/09
36	340	PN Kirsten	South Africa v West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1991/92
36	320	JH Childs	England v West Indies	Old Trafford, Manchester	1988
36	317	RWG Emery	New Zealand v West Indies	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1951/52
36	317	MP Jarvis	Zimbabwe v India	Harare Sports Club, Harare	1992/93
36	282	TJ Murtagh	Ireland v Pakistan	The Village, Malahide, Dublin	2018
36	270	J Vine	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1911/12
36	239	SD Udal	England v Pakistan	Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan	2005/06
36	238	HDG Leveson-Gower	England v South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1909/10
36	238	CK Nayudu	India v England	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1932
36	216	AP Freeman	England v Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1924/25
36	184	NJ O'Brien	Ireland v Pakistan	The Village, Malahide, Dublin	2018
36	174	NS Asgarali	West Indies v England	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1957
36	148	AJ Richardson	Australia v England	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1924/25
36	146	Tabish Khan	Pakistan v Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	2020/21
36	145	GH Pope	England v South Africa	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1947
36	134	AJ Pycroft	Zimbabwe v India	Harare Sports Club, Harare	1992/93
36	120	N Puna	New Zealand v England	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	1965/66
36	94	H Elliott	England v South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban	1927/28
36	89	AF Lissette	New Zealand v West Indies	Carisbrook, Dunedin	1955/56
36	88	WFF Price	England v Australia	Headingley, Leeds	1938
36	87	TF Smailes	England v India	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1946
36	57	CF Root	England v Australia	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1926
35	358	LA Walcott	West Indies v England	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1929/30
35	342	OC Scott	West Indies v England	Old Trafford, Manchester	1928
35	336	M Sherwin	England v Australia	Association Ground, Sydney	1886/87
35	316	NI Thomson	England v South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban	1964/65
35	268	JF Crapp	England v Australia	Old Trafford, Manchester	1948
35	256	GG Hearne	England v South Africa	Newlands, Cape Town	1891/92
35	249	JC Balderstone	England v West Indies	Headingley, Leeds	1976
35	242	AC Voges	Australia v West Indies	Windsor Park, Roseau	2015
35	233	JA Small	West Indies v England	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1928
35	219	GM Emmett	England v Australia	Old Trafford, Manchester	1948
35	214	AE Dipper	England v Australia	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1921
35	212	RD Jackman	England v West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1980/81
35	208	RT Stanyforth	England v South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1927/28
35	193	T Emmett	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1876/77
35	181	Lord Hawke	England v South Africa	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	1895/96
35	154	WR Cuttell	England v South Africa	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1898/99
35	137	A Ducat	England v Australia	Headingley, Leeds	1921
35	131	EG Wynyard	England v Australia	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1896
35	127	HTW Hardinge	England v Australia	Headingley, Leeds	1921
35	127	JB Iverson	Australia v England	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	1950/51
35	125	SJ Staples	England v South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban	1927/28
35	117	DL Houghton	Zimbabwe v India	Harare Sports Club, Harare	1992/93
35	116	H Jupp	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1876/77
35	107	AW Wellard	England v New Zealand	Old Trafford, Manchester	1937
35	106	F Barratt	England v South Africa	Old Trafford, Manchester	1929
35	105	NV Lindsay	South Africa v Australia	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	1921/22
35	81	KH Eastwood	Australia v England	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1970/71
35	67	JW Wilson	Australia v India	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1956/57
35	58	Enamul Haque	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	2000/01
35	49	A Dolphin	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1920/21
35	23	RR Singh	India v Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	1998/99
35	20	J Lillywhite	England v Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1876/77
35	4	AEV Hartkopf	Australia v England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1924/25
35	3	TV Hohns	Australia v West Indies	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	1988/89
35	0	FW Tate	England v Australia	Old Trafford, Manchester	1902

The list shows occurrences of players aged 35 years or more on debut

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